Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio gets harshest prison sentence in Jan. 6 case

By News on the Net -- New York Post —— Bio and Archives September 5, 2023

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Former Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years behind bars for taking a lead role Jan. 6 Capitol riot — the stiffest punishment doled out in the series of cases.

Tarrio, 39, the former national chairman of the far-right extremist group, was convicted in May by a Washington, DC jury of seditious conspiracy for working with others to try to block the transfer of power in order to keep Republican President Donald Trump in office after he lost the 2020 election. ---More...